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Donald R. Prothero

Donald R. Prothero publishes mostly in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, on topics such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

World rank
#309,631
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#115,967
of 358,040
Works
80
Citations
241
Citations per work
3.0

What does Donald R. Prothero research?

Paleontology: 23.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9.5%Ecology: 7.1%Anthropology: 6.0%other fields: 53.6%24%top field
Paleontology23.8%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9.5%Ecology7.1%Anthropology6.0%other fields53.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Paleontology24% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics10% of their works
  3. 3Ecology7% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology6% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science6% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald R. Prothero's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, Mammal Evolution, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Hominin Genetics and Paleoclimatology.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Phylogeny183 topics
  2. Biogeography162 topics
  3. Mammal Evolution141 topic
  4. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis141 topic
  5. Climate Change72 topics
  6. Glacial Cycles51 topic
  7. Hominin Genetics51 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology51 topic
  9. Paleolithic Archaeology51 topic
  10. Dinosaur31 topic
  11. Evolution31 topic
  12. Global History31 topic
  13. Paleoproductivity31 topic
  14. Paleoredox31 topic
  15. Science Circulation31 topic
  16. Angiosperm Phylogeny21 topic
  17. Bats21 topic
  18. Flowering Plants21 topic
  19. Hibernation21 topic

Where does Donald R. Prothero work?

Donald R. Prothero's main affiliation in the publication record is Occidental College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald R. Prothero have?

Science Explorer counts 80 works and 241 citations for Donald R. Prothero, ranking #309,631 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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